Trial reportActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2018
Expressive writing. A tool to help health workers of palliative care.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Addressing Health Care Workers' Mental Health: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Current Resources.American journal of public health · 2024Pooled it
- Individual-level interventions for reducing occupational stress in healthcare workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Linguistic Predictors of Psychological Adjustment in Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- The Use of Expressive Writing in Healthcare Professionals: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of Expressive Writing protocol in Palliative Care Healthworkers: a quantitative study.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsFrom a previous study (1) was highlighted that Expressive writing is an important strategy for preventing and managing the effects of compassion fatigue (2). It helps educate caregivers in recognising these feelings and providing them with a "space" and a time for their reflection. This, in turn, results in significant positive repercussions on the quality of service, reducing burnout risk, implementing coping strategies, and increasing perceived work satisfaction. Reflecting occasionally in writing about ambiguous and emotionally charged situations helps in many ways: it facilitates clarification and problem-solving, and makes one more spontaneous and present in social situations, more in tune with others and available to interact. People begin to interact differently with others and see themselves in a new light after writing about an emotional subject. The objective of thi study is ascertain and confirm the results of the previous study using a reduced methodological approach. Infact, the difference from the previous research is the use of only two expressive writing sessions.
methodsA comparison was made between the expressive writing and neutral writing of two randomized groups of health care professionals of palliative care. They were evaluated pre- and post-intervention using several scales and an ad hoc questionnaire.
resultsAfter analyzing the texts, this study confirm previous results, using only two sessions.
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